Reflecting on Constructivism and Online Learning

What does the constructivist perspective mean to me and my thinking about teaching and learning in an online context, now? How has my thinking changed and why? The readings and discussions in this course have allowed me to reflect further on constructivism and its implications for designing learning experiences and assessments. In Week 2, Sawyer’s […]

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Assessment & Enculturation

Week 6 Theme: Assessment, Reflection, Participation The focus of this week was on assessment, but in thinking of assessment, I revisited some of my key assumptions regarding knowledge.  Understanding knowledge as something that occurs between people, makes me think that in some ways it is an act of perpetually attempting to reach consensus (notes 1447, […]

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Education as Enculturation

Week 5 Theme – Online Learning Discussions – Applied This week I revisited one of my guiding questions from the start of the course and considered themes from these questions in executing the design for my asynchronous discussion activity.  The first of my questions focused on interactivity in asynchronous learning materials.  Vrasidas discussed different types […]

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